>>> I'd like to know if this is possible as well. I know you can manually >>> assign the MAC using ifconfig, but you can only configure one MAC to a >>> given physical interface (e.g, eth0). Is it the kernel or network card >>> driver that determines the MAC that gets handed out in an ARP request? >>> >>> Now as for your exact situation "chicks", does your ISP use DHCP to assign >>> the IPs? If so, I don't see how you can get your FC2 box to grab more than >>> one IP anyway. >>> >>> J.A.K.E. >>> [ jake1138 AT yahoo DOT com ] >> Wouldn't that be where you use aliasing? For example: Aliasing >> Localhost.localdomain as localhost or myhost >> And assigning these addresses in the /etc/hosts file. >> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost >> 192.168.0.1 localhost myhost >> Would that work? >> Jay This has nothing to do with ARP and MAC addresses. J.A.K.E. [ jake1138 AT yahoo DOT com ]